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White Room

Depending the original walls, the age of the property will be an indication, lime mortor for very old propertys, sand/cement with siripite finish, browning/bonding with 2mm finish, dry linning with a 2mm finish or dry linning with tape joints. All have a certain weight limit for tiles, Tiles and Adhesive Weight Per Square Metre - THE TILE SOURCE. All this should taken into concideration when fixing tile on tile

Hi and welcome to the forum:thumbsup:
 
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pigglypots

Thks everybody...existing tiles are 15x15 I am wanting to put on 20 x 30. But think I need to talk to my plumber/tiler and see what he suggests...but at the moment the job is not including taking off the old tiles - his suggestion, not mine. He thought the base structure would be fine.
Biggest area of tiling is 1.65 x 1.65 meters, another 2.5m x 1.3 but around bath end etc
So any more comments..thks guys for effort to help
 
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pigglypots said:
Thks everybody...existing tiles are 15x15 I am wanting to put on 20 x 30. But think I need to talk to my plumber/tiler and see what he suggests...but at the moment the job is not including taking off the old tiles - his suggestion, not mine. He thought the base structure would be fine.
Biggest area of tiling is 1.65 x 1.65 meters, another 2.5m x 1.3 but around bath end etc
So any more comments..thks guys for effort to help
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get a tiler in...to save money u could strip tiles of walls?? if not get a few quotes from TILERS and take it from there ...not a builder...
 
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Time's Ran Out

I don't believe I'am typing to 'pigglypots'

Tell your plumber/tiler to do the job properly and take the old tiles off!
Make good/replace any bad walls and save money by buying Mapei Keraquick adhesive and Mapei grout.
As indicated by Whitebeam the new tiling will only be as safe as the tiles already on and the extra weight may caused a problem in the future.
Any tubbed adhesive will take an age to set - if ever - when tile on tiles so protect the bath with plywood and start hacking them off!:thumbsup:

Timeless (tiggywinkle) John.
 
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